Description of the painting in the exhibition booklet, during the salon of 1835: charles ix, whose features are already decomposed by the approach of death, hesitates, tormented by the future of france, to hand over the act of regency to his mother, catherine de medici; while crumpling it in his hand, he shows the fatal window of the louvre to the queen, who speaks to him of the interests of religion. Source. Object Type: painting. Date: 1834. Dimensions: height: 233 cm (91.7 in); width: 291.5 cm (114.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Fabre museum. Monvoisin-Charles IX
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